Need input from the pros.....
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From: Holyoke, MA
I have a Mirage 550 that the wife bought me, that her father built, he's been in the hobby for year. He did a good job with the build and everthing looks ok, the trouble I'm having is the plane is pulling left and the gent I had take it up on it's maiden had to put all the right trim the radio had, and could still use more. The only thing I found was the left wing tip was heavy buy about 3.2 gram, ( the weight of a penny ), would this be enough to cause the plane to pull hard left like this, or need I look else where??????????
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Check for warped wings -either one or both (you want some washout in both)! Check for not enough right thrust in motor or even some left thrust. Check alignment of tail surfaces - both fin and stab. either one could cause a turn if not square to one another and to the main wing.
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Wouldn't you want to mechanically trim first before electronically trimming? Perhaps I misstated it by saying "trim the servo first". Guess I am lucky computers dot the "i" and crosses the "T". I meant to say mechanically trim it first. By the way "left wing tip was heavy buy about 3.2 gram" should have been "left wing tip was heavy by 3.2 grams.
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I forgot to mention doing a lateral balance as well.
and yes you should always trim mechanically first and only use servo trim for changing flight conditions (but then I'm an old fart - I started r/c long before computer radios). All my aircraft have the same basic control set-ups so that if I screw up and select the wrong model I can still fly - it may be way the h- out of trim, but I can fly it!
Walt
and yes you should always trim mechanically first and only use servo trim for changing flight conditions (but then I'm an old fart - I started r/c long before computer radios). All my aircraft have the same basic control set-ups so that if I screw up and select the wrong model I can still fly - it may be way the h- out of trim, but I can fly it!
Walt




